River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-10-06
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

suddenly. Just as the nan was cIuHSiir-
The tail-board OF the wagon was down, IL
caught the unfortunate fellow on one side
of the head and at the same instant the
pole Of the truck struck him on the other,
and he was killed standing upright before
the eyes OF a thousand hOrri1ed people.
His head was crushed in like shell. The
truck driver hastily pulled back, and the
limp body of the unfortunate man tumbled
TO the ground.
A daring outrage from the lower
Rio Grande country, is reported via Corpus
Christi. Texas On the 18th of September,
Juan Barrera, a rich ranchman, Will
short distance from his home, situated
between Las Tederalis and La GoZalina,
was surrounded by five desperadOes and
robbed of $2UU. He was then taken across
the river into Mexico and there closely
guarded BarreTa's captors compelled him
10 write 10 his family, notifying them thai
unless they Immediately raised and paid TO
an individual named by the letter the sum OF
$1,000 by Sept Is he would be shot Upon
receipt Of the letter, Barrera's son promptly
paid the sum demanded
Heinrich Beers shot and killed Au-
gusta Seiferth near tho Burlington &
Missouri depot at Lir uOln, Neb. Two shots
were fired, both of which took effect and
the girl ed instantly. Beers then placed
the weapon TO his 0Wn head ana pulled the
trigger. but the cartridge failed 70 explode,
and before he could repeat the attempt ne
was captured and locked up. He says he
had been trying to get Augusta 70 "arry
him for some time, but she would not, ana
he determined TO kill himself Me ting the
girl lie invited her 20 take a walk, and he
again proposed. and when she refused drew
his revolver and shot her.
A dispatch from Chattanooga, Tenn,
saws. seventy-five of the ninety counties in
the state gave Il 80 majority against the
prohibition amendment The twenty unre-
ported counties not alter much these
figures. The PrOhlbitiOnlsts concede their
defeat by about 100 . majority. The pres
ideut of the State Liquor Dealers associa-
ton has official aud unofficial returns sr0m
all but twenty counties IN the state. rs
timating these twenty counties, be figures
out net majority against the Amendment
OF -, Si5.
4 special from Muskegon. Mich,
saws the residence Of Frank A. How'd, was
partially destroyed by fire about 10 O'Clock
at night during the absence of Mrs. How'd,
who was an a Temperance meeting. Three
children. Walter, Cora and Osborne, aged
eleven months. three and five years re
spsetiveIy. were suffOcated. IL Is supposed
that a lamp which had been left burning,
exploded and set fire to the house. Neigh
bOrs discovered she blaze, but went TO turn
l
knowing that the children were there.
In a fight in Matagorda county,
Texas, between IA large mob Of negroes and
/ a posse of whites under command of Capt
Bates. four negroes were killed, including
Burton Hawkins one of the leaders 10 Is
not known how many were wounded Inc
whites lost two horses. The trouble arose
over the death of jerry Massena, colored
constable, who started out 70 arrest white
planter named SanbOTn.
At Annapolis, Md. Mrs. Mary f..
McNasby, wife Of a furniture dealer cow
hided the wife Of john Brown. The cow
hiding was a severe one, and is likely to be
the subject of an investigation before a
magistrate. The cause of the trouble Is
reported to have been a suspicion on Mrs.
McNasby's part Of undue intimacy between
her husband and Mrs. Brown.
At Baton Rouge, la, a motion in
arrest of Judgment in the case Of William
4. Strong. ex-secretary of the state, CON
victed OF embezzlement OF state funds, was
overruled by Judge Burgess and Strong
was sentenced TO Two years at hard labor
in the penitentiary, and fined the sum OF
-. 80, which mount was ordered TO be
restored To the state.
Something of a riot occurred at
Detroit. Mich. Twentysix street car
conductors and drivers were discharged
Tor being in a combination to rob the com
pany of fares. The gang got intoxicated
and attack d conductors and drivers who
had taken their places, cut horses loose and
overturned cars. The police had to settle
the trouble.
Jacob Bupp, Of Woods Run, Ale
gheny co. Pa, suburb of Pittsburg, has
written to Sheriff MattsOn, of Chicago, for
the contract for making the ropes with
which TO hang the condemned anarchists.
Mr.. Bupp has made the ropes used IN every
! execution in that county since le40. and
nearly every one that had been used IN the
state.
An express train. while running az
thirty five miles an hour, ran into buggy
l crossing tn track at MOrgan's station
near Columbus, Ohio, the occupants, Two
aged ladies being instantly killed. They
were Mrs Susan Bel, a widow residing IN
the neighbOrhoOd. and Der Slster-ln-law,
Mrs. h W. Henderson, of Salem, Iowa
Rain continued increasingly at st
Louis, through the third day of the g. A. r.,
eucampment. but il W1s decided to have
the grand parade, so the columns formed
marching in a sea of mud and sheets OF
rain. The effect can be imagined II not
described, but the disappo ntment cannot
be put into words.
At Halifax, y. 5. Hon A. w. Me
I.elIan. postmaster general, has admitted
bribery bv agents in his election for the
house of commons, and his seat for Colches
ter is consequently rendered vacant
Charges Of personal bribery against Mr.
Mcclellan are Yet to be heard.
At Millersburg. Ohio, Rev. Henry
Clemens, Methodist preacher, committed
suicide ia a horrible manner. He placed
the muzzle of shot gun IN his mouth anc
discharged il with his foot. blowing off the
entire top OF his head. Temporary insan-
ity was the cause.
At Charleston. ;. c.. by the falling
Of scaffoIding around the court house
building Contractor KeFigan and sever
cOIOred wOrkmen We're precipitated to the
ground and all seriously, and several o.
hem, it is feared, fatally injured.
The officers of the Grand lodge o.
Odd-FeIows arrived at Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, and were entertained by officials
and citizens The next annual session o
the Sovereign Grand Lodge is to be held
among the Angeles
At Lynchburg, Va. Mrs Jennie
ThOrley was arrested in the National tx
change bank while attempting TO have 6
check on the New Orleans National banl
for $4,000 cashed. The check is either
raised or a forgery.
A passenger train on the Iron
Mountain railw ay ran into a freight train
standing on a side track near Walnut
Ridge. No. Both locomotives were
wrecked, but nobody was injured.
A man named Bunch. from Illinois
lost his life in the burning of the steamer T
b. Sims. near Memphis, Tennessee. The
boat and cargo were a total loss.
Phil Armour, it is said. is about to
start meat company and enter rivalry
with Marquis de Mores for Eastern trade
IN THE EAST.
The New York Democratic State
Convention was held at Saratoga on the
18th and put in nomination the following
ticket: Secretary Of State, Frederick Cook
State Treasurer, Lawrence J. Fitzgerald
Comptroller, Edward Wemple; (all re
nominations Attorney General, Charles Z
Tabor: State Engineer and Surveyor
John Bocert. Gov. Dorsheimer reported
the platform, which pledges to the President